Kindness, as well as Nonnatus House’s freely offered no-judgement zone, was needed more than ever in Episode 5 when an ill stranger, desperate and all alone, was (essentially) being hunted, simply out of the ignorance.

With terminal illness and impossible choices, it’s tough to show my usual cheek in this recap. This was an emotionally wrenching episode; every storyline was gloomy. But as is the tradition in the East End, we will soldier on.